Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | That name is K-Folk Painting. Just as the popular K-Pop, K-Drama and the K-Food have become the global language today. Minhwa, which captures the beauty of traditional Korean painting, now needs a new name for the world. This writer has long asserted that Minhwa should not be merely a painting of the past, but a cultural content that represents the Republic of Korea. For this reason, I have consistently used the term, the K-Folk Painting, in news media articles, and furthermore, I have even pursued trademark registration under the name "The Beauty of Korea, K-F
Diplomacy Journal Jon Lee | From June 16th to 19th, the capital will host the 5th Tashkent International Investment Forum, the country's primary investment platform and one of the region's largest business forums. Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF-2026) has solidified its position as a key investment platform in Central Asia, bringing together states, international investors, and representatives of global business. The forum serves not merely as a platform for dialogue, but as a space where the region's practical investment agenda is actively shaped. The core idea of the forum lies
Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | The Republic of Korea Defended Together by the World" Solidarity amidst the smoke of battle, records of peace achieved by 63 nations of the world. The Korean War was not a tragedy confined solely to the Korean Peninsula. Beginning with a surprise invasion by the North Korean armed forces at dawn of June 25 in 1950, the war claimed countless number of human lives and homes. The Armed Forces and the people of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations endured to defend the Republic of Korea (south), and the world gathered on the side of the Republic of Korea to
Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | Mountains are silent. And yet, the mountains harbor the oldest history. For the past 15 years, South Korean K-Mountain Photographer Cho Myeong-Hwan has climbed up and down the Bukhan-san Mountain throughout all four seasons, capturing the silent time on camera. As the fruit of these records, he has released a photobook entitled, "170 Million Years of Bukhan-san" to the world. This photobook is not merely a collection of landscape photographs. It is a record that interprets, through art, the magnificent geological time, in which granite formed deep underground d
Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | Life is a series of encounters and partings. We live with our beloved families and share happy times, but eventually, everyone faces the moment of separation. However, true love does not end with departure. That bond continues within a heart that remembers, prays for, and reveres. The "Garden of a Thousand Years Columbarium" at Cheongju Byeoksachobul Jeongsa Temple, erated by the Damhwa Cultural Foundation, is not merely a space for enshrining cremated remains. It is a total Buddhist memorial cultural space that shares the lives, deaths, and subsequent bonds of
Diplomacy Journal Lee Sung Jun | The Jolla Bukdo Special Self-Government Province has set out to expand talent exchange and policy cooperation with Uzbekistan. The Korean provincial government has received a training delegation of high-ranking officials from the central and local governments of Uzbekistan and shared support policies for international students as well as examples of digital administrative innovation. Jeolla Bukdo Special Self-Government Province announced on June 11-13 that high-ranking officials from central and local governments, including Rustam Karimzonov, Deputy Minister o